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Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Tacaím leis an moladh seo. Tá sé ciallmhar. Tá dul chun cinn á dhéanamh leis an mBille seo chomh fada agus a bhaineann sé le gach rud, i ndáiríre, agus chomh fada agus a bhaineann sé leis na spriocanna maidir le hearcaíocht don tseirbhís phoiblí, leis an bplean náisiúnta le bheith á mholadh agus gach rud mar...

Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Tacaím leis an leasú seo ó Shinn Féin. Nuair a smaoinítear air, tá sé dochreidte nach mbeadh dualgas ar dhuine atá ag obair i ról chomh tábhachtach le garda i gceantar Gaeltachta a gcuid gnó a dhéanamh agus déileáil le daoine eile trí Ghaeilge más gá agus nuair is gá. Is é sin an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Would that be a post-colonial matter as well?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: There was a certain amount of talk about colonisation and post-colonialism at the beginning of this session. I have spoken many times about the subtle influence of money on the policy agendas of governments and international bodies, and the ideological activism that can be associated with that money. As Senators know, within the United Nations, special rapporteurs are regularly appointed to...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Did she get her job back?

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Following on from Senator Ward, the problem is not the Chinese people and their ancient traditions and wisdom and tremendous capacity. The problem is the evil empire that modern China, under the Chinese Communist Party, has become. It is at war with the rest of the world, or certainly with the free democratic world, because it sees that as undermining its claims to its alternative wisdom of...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I am going to say what I am going to say.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I am not saying that the Minister, Deputy Coveney, would give us any great consolation, but we would at least have had the chance to see him looking uncomfortable. The chances that a Minister of State would have an outbreak of independent mindedness on an issue like this against Government policy would mean his promotion prospects would disappear as quickly as a Chinese government contract...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: An Irish diplomat dared to speak up, and we saw the corruption of the United Nations entity. She spoke up about the fact that people were engaging with China by giving it the names of dissidents who would be at particular meetings and places, thereby endangering those people and their families, and lost her job because she blew the whistle in an international forum that is supposed to be...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: What has the Government done since the Seanad urged it to use its diplomatic and trade channels? That question remains to be answered.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I am saying that questions need to be asked. It is too serious for these little parlour games.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I made no accusations, but the questions need to be asked.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Certainly, former politicians can take that.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I made no accusations, but questions need to be-----

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: It is too cosy.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Courtesy is a secondary virtue when people are being tortured.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: And I have made mine.

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (1 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I only want to ask the questions.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: United Nations (8 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The context of the matter I raise today is that Ireland pays more than €300 million per annum towards the cost of running the United Nations. Within that framework of the United Nations, special rapporteurs are regularly appointed and given a remit to examine and report on a specific human rights matter of broad concern worldwide or a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: United Nations (8 Dec 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for his response and, of course, I agree with much of what he has said about the need for such special rapporteurs to receive adequate funding and the importance of their role. I question whether they can be as independent as he says when it is a matter of public record, for example, that the Open Society Foundation donated $137,000 to Amnesty International to...